At least 10 individuals, including three from Jammu and Kashmir, associated with Al-Falah University in Faridabad—either as staff or students—have gone missing amid the intensifying probe into the November 10, 2025, suicide car bombing near Delhi's Red Fort, intelligence sources revealed on Wednesday. Their mobile phones have been switched off since a joint operation by Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana police flagged the disappearances, raising alarms that these persons could be linked to the "white-collar" terror cell orchestrated by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
The university, a sprawling 70-acre campus in Dhauj village focused on medical and engineering education, has emerged as the suspected epicentre of the plot, with investigators uncovering explosive stockpiles, suspicious vehicles, and radicalisation networks hidden within its premises. The blast, Delhi's first involving a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) packed with ammonium nitrate fuel oil, killed 15 people—up from initial reports of 13 after two more succumbed to injuries—and injured over 30 in a crowded Old Delhi market.
The missing persons' vanishing act coincides with raids by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on November 18 across 25 locations in Delhi-NCR tied to the university and its promoters, probing terror financing and money laundering angles. Al-Falah, accredited as a minority institution in 2014, has faced prior scrutiny: its Founder-Chairman, Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, was arrested on November 18 by the ED for alleged financial irregularities potentially funding extremist activities, while the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) issued a show-cause notice on November 13 for falsely claiming an expired Grade A certification on its now-defunct website.
Key arrests include nine suspects, such as doctors Muzammil Shakeel, Shaheen Saeed (codenamed "Madam Surgeon"), and Adeel Ahmad Rather from the university's medical college, who allegedly handled logistics, fundraising, and bomb assembly. The suicide bomber, Dr Umar Un Nabi (also referred to as Umar Mohammad), a 32-year-old assistant professor from Pulwama at Al-Falah since 2023 after his dismissal from a Kashmir hospital for negligence, perished in the explosion after driving the Hyundai i20 for hours through Delhi.
Compounding the investigation, intelligence intercepts indicate JeM is ramping up digital fundraising for a new "fidayeen" (suicide) squad targeting India, soliciting PKR 20,000 (about ₹6,400) per donor via platforms like Pakistan's SadaPay app for "winter kits" including shoes, socks, mattresses, and tents—framed as enabling donors to become "jihadi supporters". This "Bleed Bharat" campaign, launched post-India's Operation Sindoor in May 2025, which destroyed JeM camps in Bahawalpur and killed 10 relatives of chief Masood Azhar, aims to rebuild infrastructure and support cells like the 10-member "terror doctor" module behind the Red Fort attack.
A separate probe into cryptocurrency diversions for Gaza aid has uncovered links to Azhar's son Hammad, highlighting JeM's shift to fintech for evading sanctions. Authorities suspect the funds fuelled the VBIED's procurement, with Saeed channelling ₹20 lakh through her role in JeM's women's wing, Jamaat-ul-Muminat.
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Jamaat-ul-Muminat, established in August 2025 under Sadiya Azhar—Masood's sister widowed by the Bahawalpur strikes—focuses on female recruitment and financing, with Saeed reportedly heading its India operations alongside her brother Parvez Ansari, another Al-Falah doctor. The wing's involvement signals JeM's evolving tactics, blending gender dynamics with urban infiltration via professionals to plan potential women-led assaults.
As the National Investigation Agency (NIA) coordinates with state forces for multi-state raids and traces the missing individuals' last known movements—possibly to evade capture or execute follow-ups—the case underscores vulnerabilities in educational hubs. Security experts urge bolstered surveillance on minority institutions and digital wallets, warning of coordinated JeM-Lashkar-e-Taiba strikes in Jammu and Kashmir, while the university maintains it severed ties with suspects beyond employment and cooperates fully amid its accreditation woes.
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